disclosure; exposure; revelation
old woman; joker (in old maid)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
to talk; to chat; to chatter
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
ghost; apparition; phantom; spectre; specter; demon
race; tribe; species; genus; stellar population (i.e. population I, II and III)
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
tribe; race; group (of people who share a common feature); gang; tribe (taxonomic rank); group (in the periodic table)
toilet; restroom; bathroom; going to the toilet; relieving oneself
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
to enter; to come in; to join (a club, company, etc.); to enter (a university, the army, etc.); to be contained (in); to be included (in); to (be able to) fit (in a container, building, etc.)
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
now; the present time; just now; another; more
soccer; (association) football; seersucker
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
participation in a war; going to war; taking part in a competition or contest
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
opponent; adversary; the competition; the other side; one's enemy
planet; dark horse; surprise contender
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
cool (temperature, color, etc.); cool (i.e. calm and collected); cool-headed; cool (i.e. fashionable or stylish); course (of medical treatment)
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
hearty; tremendous; magnificent; glorious; splendid; heroic
shooting (a ball); shot (on basket, at goal, etc.); shuuto (type of pitch commonly used in Japan); shootball; shoot (of a tree or plant); chute
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
head start; initiative; preemption
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
incompetence; laziness; worthlessness; good-for-nothing; loser; weakling
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...